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We offer a range of postgraduate short courses which can be taken individually or combined over a period of time towards a Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development.
Each short course is worth credit points. Details of credit points are available on the information about each short course.
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The Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development is awarded when a combination of short courses worth 60 credit points in total have been successfully completed.
You can choose to complete one short course and then return to take a further course at a later stage (any credits will be retained for you). To maintain currency, it is recommended that combinations of short courses leading to the award of the Postgraduate Certificate of Professional Development are completed within a five year timeframe.
Short courses are also available in a range of different formats to help meet the flexibility required by those currently in employment such as block (three full consecutive days during one week), weekly (morning, afternoons or evenings), staggered (three or four days across a twelve week semester) or online (with no need to attend a University campus).
Payments for each short course can also be made over a number of months.
Please contact us if you want to find out any further information about any of the short courses available.
ADR & Employment Tribunal Representation
Explore ADR methods as effective, client-focused alternatives to litigation for resolving disputes.
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Biodiversity Management
This module aims to provide the scientific knowledge and skills necessary for understanding and implementing biodiversity management.
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Biomedical Informatics
This short course develops essential skills, knowledge understanding of biomedical informatics in relation to basic applied research and practice.
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Building Information Modelling
To provide students with insight into the main concepts and principles of Building Information Modelling / Management.
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Business Analysis Foundations for Practice
To help develop skills and knowledge to support successful business change programmes within an organisation.
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Clinical Research Ethics and Governance
This course provides an understanding of the importance of clinical and research ethics and governance, including regulatory processes involved.
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Collaborative Leadership: Building Teams and Nurturing Creativity
Provides opportunities to develop new approaches to resource management and building teams within schools.
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Conflict Analysis
This course introduces participants to the main stages of the conflict cycle and to key intervention strategies used to resolve conflict.
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Construction Legal Studies
This course focuses on fundamental aspects of law and contractual procedures affecting professional practice in the construction industry.
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Corporate Governance and Ethics
To inform and equip students to effectively respond to the challenges that the financial services industry faces today.
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Corporate Law
This course provides an understanding of legal concepts, principles and rules relevant to businesses and the skills needed to apply them.
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Design Thinking
Explore and develop methodologies and approaches to support a solution-based design thinking approach to problem-solving.
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Digital Campaign Planning and Management
Strategies for success in the digital era.
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Digital Construction: Technology, Strategy & Management
To provide learners with an understanding of the application of digital construction processes and technologies in the AECFM sector.
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Focus on topical issues in the field of economic, social and cultural rights and will impart detailed knowledge of ESCRs from different perspectives.
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Emergency Planning, Response and Resilience
This course provides core knowledge and understanding of the key concepts and lifecycle stages of emergency planning, response and resilience.
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Emerging and Advanced Topics in AI
Understand key concepts, principles and challenges, and gain practical skills in critically evaluating effectively building AI-based applications.
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Employment Compliance and Development
Understand the legal framework guiding HR practices and learn to manage employment law risks and compliance in the workplace.
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Employment Law
Understanding Employment Law: Building Knowledge to Navigate and Resolve Workplace Legal Issues.
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Energy Management
This course provides an introduction into how energy is measured, techniques for saving energy and how to influence those around us in saving energy.
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English Language Teaching Methodology
This course focuses on practice, methods planning of language teaching, to examine classroom practice, embed enhance creativity in the classroom.
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Environmental Data Analysis
This short course introduces participants to information technology and presentation skills relevant to the environmental manager/researcher.
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Environmental Toxicology
This module provides knowledge and skills necessary to understand the impact of chemicals in the environment.
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Event Management
This course introduces participants to the events industry, the event planning process and the complexities involved in organising events.
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Financial Econometric Modelling
An introduction to econometric theory techniques, especially linear regression analysis, hypothesis testing application with financial time series
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Financial Theory, Products and Markets
This short course provides an introduction to the financial services industry with a focus on investments.
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Foundations of International Human Rights Law
This course gives participants an overview of the primary treaty regimes and institutions which underpin the international human rights regime.
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Foundations of Peace and Conflict Studies
This course provides an advanced introduction to key concepts, ideas and debates in this field of study of peace and conflict studies.
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Foundations of Transitional Justice
This course introduces participants to the aims of transitional justice and the main transitional justice measures that seek to respond to mass abuse.
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GIS Databases
This module examines the methods by which data can be stored, accessed and manipulated in order to provide high quality databases for GI Systems
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Health Data Science
To provide students with the skills and understanding sufficient to be able to design, implement and critique data analysis of biomedical data.
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Hydrogen Safety Technologies
This course focuses on advances in hydrogen safety technologies, including but not limited to prevention and mitigation strategies.
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Inclusive Engagement
This course focuses on designing and delivering inclusive engagement opportunities to empower communities.
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Industrial Biotechnology
To equip students with a critical understanding of the key principles, technologies and applications of Biotechnology in various industrial sectors.
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Instrumental Methods in Pharmaceutical Sciences
This course provides participants with the ability to select and apply appropriate methods and instrumentation for quality control/quality assurance.
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Intellectual Property and Data Protection Law
Acquire an understanding of the laws governing intellectual property and the protection of data.
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International and Comparative Education
This short course is designed to develop students' understanding of current issues which shape practices in education across the globe.
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Introduction to Art Psychotherapy Practice
For learners to creatively explore the potential of art therapy for their own artistic journey or as a basis for the Masters in Art Psychotherapy.
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Introduction to Personalised Medicine & Pharmacogenomics
Develop students understanding of principles of personalised medicine encourage them to consider the fundamental aspects issues within this field.
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Knowledge About Language
To develop students' subjective knowledge base particularly in grammatical and phonetic knowledge and pedagogical skills.
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Knowledge Engineering
Students will gain understanding of key concepts, principles and practical skills in critically evaluating and building knowledge-based applications.
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Language, Learning and Acquisition
Develops students' conceptual understanding of TESOL, by giving a solid theoretical underpinning regarding key second language learning.
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Leadership for Learning
Leadership at all levels of the school matters in enhancing student learning, helping improve learning and teaching in classrooms and schools.
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Leadership in Brand and Organisational Transformation
Strategies for success in the digital age.
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Managing and Leading People with focus on Hospitality / Tourism / Event Industries
The aim of this course is to provide participants with a comprehensive framework of knowledge concerning the management and leadership of people.
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Manufacturing Systems
Review modern manufacturing, time compression methodologies and current manufacturing systems - their specification, implementation and development.
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Principles of GIS
This course introduces the theory and practice of GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
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Principles of Hydrogen Safety
This course focuses on the fundamentals of hydrogen safety applicable to existing and foreseeable hydrogen and fuel cell systems and infrastructure.
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Programming for GIS and Remote Sensing
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Project Leadership for Construction Professionals
This short course is designed to allow participants to master the twin tracks of managing a construction project and leading a business organisation.
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Project Management
Provides students with an understanding of project management and project management methods.
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Project Management in Construction
This course introduces the concepts of project management, examines the recognised practices involved in the project management function.
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Regulation and Compliance
This course provides an understanding of the regulatory compliance issues critical to a role in financial services in the 21st Century.
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Remote Sensing
This module addresses the scope of remotely-sensed images as another source of GIS data as well as extending mutual benefits of data integration.
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Resilience Theory and Practice
Develop an understanding of planning and regeneration policy in terms of mitigating shocks and stresses and increasing adaptability to future change.
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Resilience Theory and Practice
Develop an understanding of planning and regeneration policy in terms of mitigating shocks and stresses and increasing adaptability to future change.
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Scalable Advanced Software Solutions
Explore a range of modern development and deployment concepts in the context of scalable and high performance computing services.
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Solar energy processes and technologies
The aim of this course is to appreciate, analyse and evaluate current solar thermal and solar photovoltaic technologies.
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Strategic Marketing focusing on Hospitality, Tourism and Events sector
Examine the principles, concepts and theories of strategic marketing management
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Sustainable Procurement of Infrastructure
This course contextualises the infrastructure deficit and critically appraises the innovative approaches to procuring infrastructure.
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The Digital Consumer
Exploring the digital-first consumer and the strategies, channels, and experiences that connect brands with people online.
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The Politics of Social Policy and Welfare: National, International, Transnational and Global
Explore the intricate dynamics of the politics surrounding social policies welfare and bridge this gap between social policy and politics.
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The Reflective Professional
Designed for all students to help develop their abilities in critical reflection on their practice development application of curriculum theory.
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Tourism and Hospitality Principles
This course provides participants with the necessary base of the key principles of tourism and hospitality.
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Web-based GIS
This module provides an introduction to web-based GIS using a range of languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
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Wind Energy Conversion Technologies
This course will introduce participants to wind energy theory and technology, resource assessment and wind farm site development.
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